Class of 2025 is 71 Percent Female

The percentage of women entering North American schools and colleges of optometry for the fall of 2021 has increased to 71 percent, compared to last year’s 69 percent**.

LOGO	SCHOOL	Total # in 2021	# of women	% of women
	Illinois College of Optometry	117	89	76%
	Indiana University School of Optometry	85	59	69%
	Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry	57	37	65%
	MCPHS University School of Optometry	68	51	75%
	Michigan College of Optometry, Ferris State University	38	27	71%
	Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry	64	37	58%
	Midwestern University Chicago College of Optometry	61	39	64%
	New England College of Optometry	130	98	75%
	Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry	28	18	64%
	Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry	106	80	75%
	The Ohio State University College of Optometry	68	45	66%
	Pacific University College of Optometry	93	65	70%
	Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry	152	117	77%
	Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University	100	72	72%
	Southern College of Optometry	136	95	70%
	State University of New York College of Optometry	101	78	77%
	University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Optometry	56	40	71%
	University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry	69	53	77%
	University of Houston College of Optometry	100	60	60%
	University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry	73	46	63%
	University of Missouri, St. Louis, College of Optometry	48	26	54%
	University of Montreal College of Optometry	46	36	78%
	University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Optometry	64	45	70%
	University of Waterloo School of Optometry	85	66	78%
	Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Optometry	80	62	78%

The PCO Accelerated Scholars Optometry Program (class of 2024) has a total class size of 14 students, 7 females and 7 males.

The New England Accelerated Doctor of Optometry Program (class of 2024) has a total class size of 6, 3 females and 3 males.

The New England Advanced Standing International Program (class of 2023) has a total class size of 10, 7 females and 3 males.

**Women In Optometry is reporting the numbers of students who identified themselves as women. Some students chose not to specify a male/female gender, and while they are reflected in the total, they are not counted in the “women” column.

Click here to view first-year female enrollment numbers in the last 14 years.